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B. F. BLAKE.

MONEY SEPARATOR FOR CASH RBGISTERS.

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MOBIEL7 SEPARATOR POR CASH RBGISTERS.

APPLICATION FILED JULY 11, 1911.

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UNITED STATES PATENT oEEIoE.

BENJAMIN F- BLAKE, F MARION, OHIO.

MONEY-SEPARATOR FOB CASH-REGISTERS.

attachment serving to keep the money last paid separate and apart from the money previously received so that in the event of a controversy as to the value of the money paid by a customer the bill, coin or the like canbe produced and the merchant may likewise ascertain the value of the bill or coin last deposited in the register by the clerk.

The invention provides compartments open to observation so that the money last deposited is subjected to' view, the compartments being provided with movable bottoms which are actuated to effect delivery of the money from the compartments after each sale or operation of the cash register so that the money last received from any source is kept separated from the previous receipts so as to be produced in the event of a controversy to settle any dispute as to the value of the money given in by a cusl tomer.

The invention consists of the novel features, details of construction and combination of parts, which hereinafter will be more particularly set'forth, illustrated in the accompanying drawings, and pointed out in the appended claims.

Referring to the drawings, forming a part of the specification, Figure 1 is a vertical transverse section of part of a cash register with an attachment embodying the invention. Fig. 2 is a horizontal section on the line 2-2 of Fig. 1,l parts being broken away. Fig. 3 is a front view. Fig. 4 is a sectional' detail on the line 4 4 of Fig. 2. Fig. 5 is a sectional detail on the line 5 5 of Fig. 1. Figs. 6, 7 and 8 are modificatons. Fig. 9 is a plan view of the slides which separate the initial money r'eceiving receptacles from the money exposf ing chambers. Fig. 10 is a front view of the slide for transmitting movement from Specication of Letters Patent.

Application led July 11, 1911.

Patented Jan. 7, 1913.

Serial No. 637,889.

the cash register keys to the means for operating the bottoms of the money exposing chambers.

Corresponding and like parts are referred to in the following descrlption, and indicated in all the views of the drawings, by the same reference characters. f The invention may be applied to any make or design of cash register.

The numeral 1 designates the money drawer, which is provided with two sets of compartments 2 and 3. vChambers 4 and 5 are located above the respective compart.

ments 2 and -3 -in line therewith. Receptacles 6 and 7 are located in line with'the respective chambers 4 and y5 and are primarily intended to receive the money last paid by the customer. Slides 8 and 9 separa-te the receptacles 6 and 7 from the chambers 4 and 5 and are connected 'for simultaneous operation, being preferably parts of a plate. Rollers 10 are located above and below the slides to supportthem and reduce the friction to the smallest amount possible so that the money drawer may be easily moved in either direction. The chambers 4 and 5 are closed at their lower ends by parts 11 and 12 which constitute bottoms and support the money deposited therein. It is to be understood that there may be as many chambers 4 and 5 as required according to the capacity and construction of .the cash register. The bottoms 11 are hinged at 13 and incline to the horizontal. The bottoms 12 are/likewise supported so as to swing downward and discharge the money resting thereon into the compartments 3. A shaft 14 extends longitudinally ofthe register and arms 15 extend therefrom and are connected by links 16 to the respective bottomsl 11'. Other arms 17 project from the shaft 14 and are connected b means of links 18 with the bottoms 12. second shaft 19 is arranged parallel with the shaft 14 and arms 20 extending therefrom are connected by means of 'links 21 with arms 22 projecting from the shaft 14. A weight 23 has connection with the shaft 19 and normally holds the parts in given position. Arms 24 projecting from the shaft 19 have connection with a slide 25, which extends across the path of the keys 26 of the register so as to be engaged thereby to operate the parts 11 and 12 when any one of the keys 26 isdepressed, thereby discharging the money l lreceived from a previous sale into one orthe other of the parts 2 or 3.' The slide 25 is directed in its vertical movements by suitable guides, as rollers 27. The inner walls of the chambers 4 and 5 are so constructed as to maintain aV close joint .between theirV lower ends and the parts 11 and 12 to insure retentionv of money upon the parts 11 and 12 unt-il the latter are positively operated' to effect discharge of the money restin thereon.

lthafts 28 and A29 are mounted parallel to each other andto the shafts 14 and 1'9. Arms 30 and 31 extend from the shaft 28 at substantially a right angle to each other. Bars `32 connect the arms 30 with the plate forming the slides 8 and 9. A link 33 connects the arms 31-with an arm 34 projecting from the shaft 29. A weight 35 has connection with the shaft 28. and normally occupies an approximately horizontal position. A contractile spring 36 is attached at one end to apart of the frame and its opposite end has connection with one of the bars 32, said spring serving normally to hold the slides' l8 and 9 closed. The weight 35 answers the same purpose. Thel parts 35 and 36 may be used jointly or separately as required. An

arm 37 is pendent from the shaft 29 and 'its lower end'extends across` the path of a trip 38 attached to the money drawer 1.

The lower end 39 of the' arm 37 is hinged so as to swing forwardly, thereby admitting of the stop 38 passing by the same when the drawer 1 is pulled outward. When closing the drawer the stopv or tri 38 engages the lower .end 39 of the arm 3 and moves the latter and draws lthe slide plate rearward, thereby permitting themoney to discharge from .the receptacles 6 and 7 into the chambers .4`and 5. After the trip or stop ,38- clearsI the arm 37 the slides are closed A'andthe parts coperating therewith returned to normal position either by the weight 35 or the s ring 36 or by the com-- bined action vof bot j Themovable bottomsll and 12 are preferably formed from sheet' metal and their edges are hanged, as indicated at 40, to extend in the rear of deflected edge |portions 41 of plates 42 forming a lining 'for the chambers 4 and 5. The lining of the chambers is preferably adjustable to insure a close t between the bottom port-ions 11 and 12 and the walls of the chambers to prevent escape of thin. coins. The fronts of the chambers are constructed to admit of the interior being under observation so that the money received in -the chambers may be inspected. l

In the modification shown in Fig. 6 a chamber 43 is providedwith a bottom 44 which inclines to the horizontal and is hinged at its upper end so as to swing downgage the weight50. Upon depressing any one of the keys 52 the weight 50 is elevated,

thereby swinging the bottom 44 downward so as to discharge the money resting thereon into lthe money drawer. The front 54 of the chamber 43 is 'movable and adapted to swing outward and downward at its upper end. A bar 55 connects the movable part 54 of the chamber 43 with an arm 56 extending from a shaft 57. A second arm 58 projecting from the `shaft57 is connected by means of a link 59 with an arm 60 projecting from a shaft 61. An arm 62 projects from theshaft 6l and normally engages the rear wall of the money drawer. So long as the money drawer is closed and' in engagement with the arm 62 the part 54 of the chamber 43 is closed, but when the drawer is pulled out-ward the part 54 is automatically opened either'by meansof a weight 63 or a contractile spring 64 or by `thecombined action of both. rI "he `weight 63 is attached to-the shaft 57. The contractilel spring 64 connects the bar 55 with a part of the frame.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 7 the chamber 64 is closed at its upper ends by means of a cover 65 and has a pivoted bottom 66. A toothed segment 67 1s connected with the bottom 66 and meshes with a toothed segment 68, the latter having connection with a toothed segment 69 which meshes with a toothed portion 70 of ay slide 71, the latter extending across the pathof keys 72 of the cash register. The closure 65 is connected by means of a bar 73 with an arm 74 having connection with a mutilated gear 75 with which a toothed segment 76 meshes, the latter having connection with a shaft 77 fromwhich an arm 78 extends, said arm projecting across the path of the drawer to be operated thereby.

In the modification illustrated in Fig. 8f

,of the bottom art 86, which is moved to automatically discharge the money resting thereon.

From the foregoing description, taken in connection with the accompanying drawings, the advantages of the construction and of the method of operation -will be readily apparent to those skilled in the art to which the invention appertains, and while I have described the principle of operation of the invention, together with the device which '1 now consider to be the embodiment thereof, I desire to have it understood that the device shown is merely illustrative, and that such changes may be made when desired as are within the scope of the claims appended hereto.

Having thus described the invention what is claimed as new, iszy l; In a cash register, the combination of a chamber, a money drawer operable across the chamber, a movable part associated with the chamber for obstructing the passage therethrough, connecting means between said movable part and money drawer including a trip to be engaged by the money drawer when pressedlin for actuating said movable part, a money support arranged between the money drawer and the before mentioned movable part for obstructing the passage of the money through the chamber, a plurality oi' operating' keys, an operating member adapted to be actuated by any one` of the said keys, and connecting means between the money support and said operating member.

2. In a cash register, the combination of a chamber, a money drawer movable across the Alower portion of the chamber, a slide extending across the upper portion of ,the chamber, connecting means between the slide' and money drawer including a trip extending across the path of the latter to beengaged by the money drawer when pressed inward for operating the slide, a money support arranged between the said slide and money drawer, a plurality of operating keys, an operating member, and connecting meansbetween said money support and the operating member, whereby when depressing any one of the said operating keys the money support is actuated to admit of the money resting thereon passing into the money drawer.

In testimony whereof I aiix my signature in presence of two witnesses.

BENJAMIN F. BLAKE.

lfVitnesses: FRED. E. GUTHERY, GRACE E. DmHL. 

